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In a First, Germany's Turks Get to Help Decide Turkish Election

In a makeshift polling station at Berlin's Olympic Stadium, Turkish expats have started voting in the country's first direct presidential elections, a move with special resonance for the 1.4 million Turks living in Germany who are eligible to vote. WSJ's Harriet Torry reports from Berlin.

Far from Istanbul, voters at cardboard polling booths set up in a Berlin sporting arena are helping to decide whether Recep Tayyip Erdogan's becomes Turkey's next president.

The large Turkish diaspora in Germany and other countries around the world is for the first time getting its say in a Turkish election, with presidential voting kicking off in a change that offers new clout to the community here.